Read more child brides stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/36368/child-brides.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:30:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69603/yemen-right-wingers-blocked-push-to-end-child-marriages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConservative lawmakers in Yemen, where a 12-year-old girl died giving birth to her husband's child last week, shot down an attempt to set the minimum marriage age at 17 earlier this year, CNN reports. The lawmakers kept the bill from reaching the country's president by arguing that it violated Islamic...http://www.newser.com/story/69603/yemen-right-wingers-blocked-push-to-end-child-marriages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 3:17:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69423/yemeni-child-bride-12-dies-in-childbirth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pregnant 12-year-old Yemeni girl has died after three days of excruciating labor that also claimed her baby, a human rights group tells CNN. Fawziya Ammodi's poverty-stricken family forced her to drop out of school last year to marry a 24-year-old man. More than half of Yemeni girls are married...http://www.newser.com/story/69423/yemeni-child-bride-12-dies-in-childbirth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 3:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57648/saudi-child-brides-marriage-annulled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe marriage of an eight-year-old Saudi girl to a man in his 50s that drew worldwide attention has been annulled in an out-of-court settlement, the BBC reports. A judge had twice denied the girl—reportedly married off by her father to pay a debt—a divorce. The case has led...http://www.newser.com/story/57648/saudi-child-brides-marriage-annulled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 7:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56226/saudis-to-crack-down-after-man-weds-8-year-old.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid an uproar over an adult man’s marriage to an 8-year-old girl, Saudi Arabia will begin regulating child marriage, the BBC reports. The country’s justice minister wants to end the “arbitrary” process, he said, though he didn’t say such matches would be banned. A court upheld the marriage provided the...http://www.newser.com/story/56226/saudis-to-crack-down-after-man-weds-8-year-old.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 8:54:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54291/saudi-court-blocks-marriage-to-8-year-old-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Saudi Arabian appeals court has thrown out a ruling upholding an 8-year-old girl's marriage to a 47-year-old man, reports CNN. The marriage—arranged by the girl's father to settle a debt—still stands for now under Saudi law. But the ruling sustains a legal challenge to the marriage by...http://www.newser.com/story/54291/saudi-court-blocks-marriage-to-8-year-old-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 4:08:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48252/top-saudi-cleric-backs-marriage-of-10-year-old-girls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe top Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia has issued a statement supporting marriage for girls as young as 10, reports CNN. "Those who think she's too young are wrong and they are being unfair to her," he declared. The statement follows the refusal last month by a Saudi judge to...http://www.newser.com/story/48252/top-saudi-cleric-backs-marriage-of-10-year-old-girls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Jan 2009 9:27:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43860/nigeria-struggles-to-protect-child-brides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn northern Nigeria, almost half the girls are married by age 15, and a law outlawing child marriage faces serious resistance from Muslim leaders, the Times of London reports. "We have no choice," says one teen who was brutally raped by her husband. As a result, fistula—a hole torn...http://www.newser.com/story/43860/nigeria-struggles-to-protect-child-brides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Nov 2008 10:44:11 CST